Tangent Data Services Named One of the Most Innovative Financial Technology Startups for 2014

NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - March 19, 2014) - Tangent Data Services, a real-time data analytics firm, is pleased to announce that the Aite Group has named it as one of the most innovative financial technology startups for 2014. Tangent is featured in Aite Group's March 2014 report, "Capital Markets Tech Vendors 2.0: Disrupting the Status Quo."

Sang Lee, Aite Group's co-founder and managing partner, commented, "As Big Data moves from Buzzword to reality within Capital Markets, the buy-side community is ready to embrace the concept of data-centric alpha generation." The report highlights that, "Tangent provides unique real-time insights to its clients, allowing them to identify signals/trends and potentially act before their peers and before the information is reflected in the market."

Tangent is one of only thirteen companies featured in the publication. The report focuses on how technological innovation will be the main driver to alter the capital markets landscape going forward. Aite highlights how big data, unique data sources and analytics are beginning to provide valuable information for investors.

Tangent's founder and CEO Daniel Goldberg said, "In today's competitive environment, investors need to leverage real-time data analytics to gain value-added and actionable insights into true consumer behavior. We are honored to be recognized by the Aite Group as one of the Most Innovative Companies in the Next Revolution of Capital Markets Technology."

About Tangent Data ServicesTangent Data Services transforms Big Data into actionable insights for investment professionals. Tangent arms clients with value-added, weekly insights, key metrics and specific product and subscription trends -- allowing them to act before their peers and before the information is reflected in market prices. We actively aggregate true transactional data on more than 400 global brands.